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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000054.txt from 2004/10

From: Oboeeee@-----.com
Subj: [DR-L] Quote of the Day
Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2004 21:42:13 -0400


"You don=E2=80=99t want a general houseworker, do you? Or a traveling compan=
ion,=20
quiet, refined, speaks fluent French entirely in the present tense? Or an=20
assistant billiard-maker? Or a private librarian? Or a lady car-washer? Beca=
use if you=20
do, I should appreciate your giving me a trial at the job. Any minute now, I=
=20
am going to become one of the Great Unemployed. I am about to leave literatu=
re=20
flat on its face. I don=E2=80=99t want to review books any more. It cuts in=20=
too much=20
on my reading."

-Dorothy Parker (1893=E2=80=931967) American author, book reviewer, and humo=
rist
"Constant Reader," (1970)

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